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we think that showing that san francisco has a choice right now to step up and say healthy san francisco is the way to go, we're not going to give into the growing pressures of taking investment out of the community and say this is an antipoverty program, we want health care to resound and a right of all san franciscans and all californians, so we're asking for your leadership. >> thank you, sir, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you so much for being here at this important hearing, my name is ali and i've been a registered nurse here for 36 years now, to consider weakening any part of healthy san francisco now when there is so much that's unknown about the affordable care act is concerning. the employer spending requirement needs to remain in place and that's really important. i have a story i would like to tell you, i'm sure we all have stories but this is a friend of my daughter, a 28 year-old full time restaurant worker would was born and raised in san francisco, he was in a serious accident last year, on his way to work, he was on a scooter and a bicyclist ran a re
we think that showing that san francisco has a choice right now to step up and say healthy san francisco is the way to go, we're not going to give into the growing pressures of taking investment out of the community and say this is an antipoverty program, we want health care to resound and a right of all san franciscans and all californians, so we're asking for your leadership. >> thank you, sir, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you so much for being here at this...
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francisco healthy, healthy san francisco, it's both, the mandate from the employer so they should pay their share as well as everybody, and as your attorney said today, we think aca is coming in, we're excited about the possibilities, we wanted to work but we need both systems in this city to ensure that all of our san franciscans, undocumented people who work less than 30 hours a week, all san franciscans can have access to health care, please, it's not that complicated, people won't make it that comply skated, we need both systems implemented as soon as possible, thank you very much. >> next speak e please. er >> my name is dina long and i'm the polling si director at the clinic consortium, we serve about 10% of san francisco's overall population and we serve a lot of people in healthy san francisco program, the consortium is dedicated to enrolling outreach and enrollment for medi cal and ko*frned california, democratic speaker pal loes s*i said we're awarded funds to do this. it addressing one of the problems that we need to do aggressive out rao*efrp, we plan to do that, hoer, the
francisco healthy, healthy san francisco, it's both, the mandate from the employer so they should pay their share as well as everybody, and as your attorney said today, we think aca is coming in, we're excited about the possibilities, we wanted to work but we need both systems in this city to ensure that all of our san franciscans, undocumented people who work less than 30 hours a week, all san franciscans can have access to health care, please, it's not that complicated, people won't make it...
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cracks if we didn't have healthy san francisco. one of the unintended consequences of the aca is the fact that employers are going to appear to be driving down hours for many workers so that they don't need to provide insurance and that's something that is happening all over the country to part time adjunct contingent faculty members all over the country. there are teachers, professors who are not getting the same number of classes or the same number of hours. we're already seeing health care access diminished as city college of san francisco for our part time faculty and we ask that you defend healthy san francisco so that there will be some place for them to go and so that there will be some place for the thousands of others who need to have access through healthy san francisco and won't get it otherwise. thank you. >> i have a few more names. (speaker names being called). >> next speaker, please. er >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is olivia fang, i am the founder and executive director to have latino breast cancer act si
cracks if we didn't have healthy san francisco. one of the unintended consequences of the aca is the fact that employers are going to appear to be driving down hours for many workers so that they don't need to provide insurance and that's something that is happening all over the country to part time adjunct contingent faculty members all over the country. there are teachers, professors who are not getting the same number of classes or the same number of hours. we're already seeing health care...
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san francisco. last year, thanks to the great leadership of our mayor ed lee, his office of housing in particular, olson lee and brian chu who are here with us today and my colleagues on the board of supervisors, together and with the voters of san francisco, we passed proposition c, the housing trust fund initiative, to create and approve affordable housing city-wide and to provide loans to assist with the down payment towards the purchase of homes here in san francisco. the passage of the housing trust fund was and is a huge win for all of san francisco and our residents as one step in the right direction towards continuing to solve our city's ongoing housing needs. we are here today to announce the launch of a renewed down payment assistance program for our first responders here in san francisco. statistics will say that the majority of all of our first responders live outside of our city limits, and i for one believe that our communities and our neighborhoods are strengthened here in san francis
san francisco. last year, thanks to the great leadership of our mayor ed lee, his office of housing in particular, olson lee and brian chu who are here with us today and my colleagues on the board of supervisors, together and with the voters of san francisco, we passed proposition c, the housing trust fund initiative, to create and approve affordable housing city-wide and to provide loans to assist with the down payment towards the purchase of homes here in san francisco. the passage of the...
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this is a beautiful day in san francisco and it's a really special day in san francisco. what i would like to do is offer on behalf of the entire board of directors of the san francisco parks alliance confirmation that on tuesday evening, by unanimous vote, we agreed to accept the easement from the emerald fund for this beautiful half acre park in the center of a neighborhood on the rise here. really central to the mission of the san francisco parks alliance is the promotion of the expansion of parks throughout san francisco for all san franciscans to enjoy. and what we are really especially humbled by and appreciative of and wish to say that emerald fund for this incredibly unique, generous, and creative way to provide a brand-new public open space in the middle of this rapidly developing neighborhood. we especially want to thank mr. mctaggert, and mr. erickson, and all from the emerald fund for really understanding the importance of parks, for understanding how important open space and green space is for everyone in san francisco, but most especially for families and fa
this is a beautiful day in san francisco and it's a really special day in san francisco. what i would like to do is offer on behalf of the entire board of directors of the san francisco parks alliance confirmation that on tuesday evening, by unanimous vote, we agreed to accept the easement from the emerald fund for this beautiful half acre park in the center of a neighborhood on the rise here. really central to the mission of the san francisco parks alliance is the promotion of the expansion of...
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we think that showing that san francisco has a choice right now to step up and say healthy san francisco is the way to go, we're not going to give into the growing pressures of taking investment out of the community and say this is an antipoverty program, we want health care to resound and a right of all san franciscans and all californians, so we're asking for your leadership. >> thank you, sir, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you so much for being here at this
we think that showing that san francisco has a choice right now to step up and say healthy san francisco is the way to go, we're not going to give into the growing pressures of taking investment out of the community and say this is an antipoverty program, we want health care to resound and a right of all san franciscans and all californians, so we're asking for your leadership. >> thank you, sir, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you so much for being here at this
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san francisco for health care. one of the recommendation ins the health care services master plan is about preserving healthy san francisco, we're here today to talk about why healthy san francisco and the health care security ordinance is still really important even with obama care, so locally under the health care security ordinance, the minimum workers is 20 but if the ordinance was replaced by the affordable care act, the minimum would be raised to 50. this is important because lez people would be covered or get health care and businesses and instead businesses should also share the profits by helping the workers get health care. the health care security ordinance would secure that more workers would get health care and health care is the human right and everyone should have the right to access health care regardless of their income. thank you. >> thank you. i'm going to call a few more names. (calling speaker names). next speaker. >> hi, supervisors, my name is judy and i'm a resident of the easier neighborhoo
san francisco for health care. one of the recommendation ins the health care services master plan is about preserving healthy san francisco, we're here today to talk about why healthy san francisco and the health care security ordinance is still really important even with obama care, so locally under the health care security ordinance, the minimum workers is 20 but if the ordinance was replaced by the affordable care act, the minimum would be raised to 50. this is important because lez people...
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these two programs, healthy san francisco and sf path have put san francisco well ahead of the health reform implementation curve compared to other states in the nation, healthy san francisco was created in 2007 and because of this long history we have of coordinating scare for the uninsured, we have largely add deed pent up demand, it is a spike in utilization that occurs when an uninsured person first gets access to health insurance. we've promoted the medical home model, our uninsured are already used to the medical home, our managed care and which will be most prevalent under health reform. we have more providers in our community who are committed to serving our low-income population and more importantly, we know who and when are uninsured are for the most part, for 71% of our uninsured, we can send them a let e call them on the phone and text message them, we can tell them of the changes that are coming with health reform and help them enroll into health insurance, sf path has given us some experience to create a managed care environment because it is subject to all the rules as
these two programs, healthy san francisco and sf path have put san francisco well ahead of the health reform implementation curve compared to other states in the nation, healthy san francisco was created in 2007 and because of this long history we have of coordinating scare for the uninsured, we have largely add deed pent up demand, it is a spike in utilization that occurs when an uninsured person first gets access to health insurance. we've promoted the medical home model, our uninsured are...
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the benefits of free wi-fi in san francisco are many. not only will it further open up our parks and our city to innovation, to education, and includetionthv i. for all san francisco residents, but it's also as i mentioned before a significant step towards bridging our digital divide in our city. it provides local groups and community residents access to the internet they might not have had before, as well for our rec and park department as phil knows all too well many rec centers still use dial up service. when we think about registering our children for camps and play grounds, what we need to do in our daily lives, but also our government on a daily basis to use technology, this will be an incredible boone to our rec and park department and something we should all be very excited about. in terms of the details of the gift, google is providing a $600,000 financial gift to our city with no strings attached. i think a lot of the prior debate around free wi-fi in san francisco that never moved forward was because of different questions abo
the benefits of free wi-fi in san francisco are many. not only will it further open up our parks and our city to innovation, to education, and includetionthv i. for all san francisco residents, but it's also as i mentioned before a significant step towards bridging our digital divide in our city. it provides local groups and community residents access to the internet they might not have had before, as well for our rec and park department as phil knows all too well many rec centers still use...
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francisco and have the children on healthy san francisco kids, there was preventive diagnostic testing which found a murmur and found a defect in her heart and had open heart surgery, if it wasn't detected, she would have died. on a professional level f, i work with the latino community, and they wait until they're completely sick because they can't afford the co-payments, they can't afford the medication, the doctors -- so, as i said, prevention, if we can prevent them going to the emergency room. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is brian sang, i'm a volunteer with the physicians organizing committee speaking on behalf of whatever members dr, trys and i, i have to back up with what the nurse had to say with the community and such care, my name is michael, i'm a pediatrician at the mission, most of my patient ares on medi cal with a sizable number of family clients, the great number of my patient's parents are enrolled, [inaudible] perhaps in ants pace of the opening of the affordable care act, this is a disastrous idea, we'd be throwing people off an exi
francisco and have the children on healthy san francisco kids, there was preventive diagnostic testing which found a murmur and found a defect in her heart and had open heart surgery, if it wasn't detected, she would have died. on a professional level f, i work with the latino community, and they wait until they're completely sick because they can't afford the co-payments, they can't afford the medication, the doctors -- so, as i said, prevention, if we can prevent them going to the emergency...
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it's jammed up getting out of san francisco. the visual distraction not a big issue as you get out of the city on the lower deck. that's better news. we look at the backup all the way back to the toll plaza where we have slowing down the eastshore freeway. maybe a few more cars coming out of the maze. it's not so bad for north 880. if you're using the san mateo bridge as an alternate, it's starting to slow coming off the castro valley y. in the upper deck we did have an issue crossing the bay. there was a stall on the high-rise. that was an issue. we're looking the the tri-valley with a typical build. we do see slowing, early for 680, might be more folks driving to work. we'll end with the golden gate bridge as we look from the north bay into the city. a smoother drive, no problems. you're at the limit even though the low clouds are here. the ferries are doing their normal operations. i know they have contingency plans. normal operations for the ferries. >>> that's right. everybody was up and ready, preparing for a potential str
it's jammed up getting out of san francisco. the visual distraction not a big issue as you get out of the city on the lower deck. that's better news. we look at the backup all the way back to the toll plaza where we have slowing down the eastshore freeway. maybe a few more cars coming out of the maze. it's not so bad for north 880. if you're using the san mateo bridge as an alternate, it's starting to slow coming off the castro valley y. in the upper deck we did have an issue crossing the bay....
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that includes tens of thousands of san francisco resident, 10 thousand more that work in san francisco but do not live in san francisco, san francisco has been a huge success, all it takes to perceive for the future is to get the obama administration to recognize that it's a unique program and make some regulatory allowances unique for its design, this should not be controversial, healthy san francisco has a [inaudible] for healthy care reform and our national representative ares at the forefront of making the aca as strong as they could, but during this, we will ensure the health of san francisco remain a model for others to follow and doesn't allow us to enroll backwards. some people currently receive coverage through healthy san francisco will require for medi cal care and many will not, we estimate 3 to 4 million californians will remain uninsured even after the aca is fully implemented at the same time public hospitals will face cuts and dsh payment and the alignment fund, employers payment under health care sans fra*ns will be crucial. thank you, sir. >> thank you, sir, i'm going
that includes tens of thousands of san francisco resident, 10 thousand more that work in san francisco but do not live in san francisco, san francisco has been a huge success, all it takes to perceive for the future is to get the obama administration to recognize that it's a unique program and make some regulatory allowances unique for its design, this should not be controversial, healthy san francisco has a [inaudible] for healthy care reform and our national representative ares at the...
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first of all, the san francisco foundation, dr. sandra hernandez and tessa rivera, [speaker not understood], senior program officer for immigrant rights and integration, walter and alise fund, also known as the haase senior fund. pam david, the wallace alexander gabode foundation, stacey ma and thomas, concerned with immigrants and refugees represented today by felicia barto, deputy director. also present today are commissioner canali vice-chair of the san francisco immigrant rights commission, city librarian, luis herrera, [speaker not understood], and clementine of the african advocacy network. so, let me provide first of all just a little bit of background on the initiative. in 2008 while serving as city administrator, mayor ed lee created the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs, one of the first such offices in the nation. the intention was to better communicate with and engage our city residents while providing opportunities for meaningful participation and particularly for under served and vulnerable communities.
first of all, the san francisco foundation, dr. sandra hernandez and tessa rivera, [speaker not understood], senior program officer for immigrant rights and integration, walter and alise fund, also known as the haase senior fund. pam david, the wallace alexander gabode foundation, stacey ma and thomas, concerned with immigrants and refugees represented today by felicia barto, deputy director. also present today are commissioner canali vice-chair of the san francisco immigrant rights commission,...
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francisco, for the majority of our members, they're undocumented and healthy san francisco is a program that is vital for them and their families. (speaking through an interpreter). as a restaurant worker and someone who works in the store and prepares food, i have presently benefit framed the healthy san francisco program and the contributions of my employers to my health care. in 2009, i suffered an emergency due to -- access to healthy san francisco meant life or death to me. the idea that such program will be taken away from workers is terrible. our members and their health depend on this program. the health of workers who are undocumented who have very little resources and would work in restaurants should not be ignored. we need to conserve healthy san francisco. >> thank you, gracias. next speaker. >> good evening, thanks for having us, supervisor, my name is jane sanderval, as i currently work in an emergency department, i know first hand how a reduction in community resources leads to an increased dependence in emergency departments, often the emergency department is used as a p
francisco, for the majority of our members, they're undocumented and healthy san francisco is a program that is vital for them and their families. (speaking through an interpreter). as a restaurant worker and someone who works in the store and prepares food, i have presently benefit framed the healthy san francisco program and the contributions of my employers to my health care. in 2009, i suffered an emergency due to -- access to healthy san francisco meant life or death to me. the idea that...
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for it, healthy san francisco will be here to help you. so, the timing of these transitions, in june of 2013, cover california identified the five plans that will be offered in san francisco which i named earlier, in october of 2013 as the supervisor indicated earlier, open enrollment begins for medi cal and covered california. in january of 2014, the sf paths program ends, the individual mandate begins and we transition 10 thousand people on that one day into medi cal. and then between january of 2014 and december of 2014 and really ongoing after that, about 25 to 40 thousand healthy san francisco participants will transition to the insurance for which they qualify. at this point, i will turn it over to noel sim mos to talk about implementation at sha. >> good afternoon, supervisor, noel simmons, deputy director at the human services agency, just to round out the picture of what city act sis are doing to prepare for health care reform, i have three slides to share with you about the efforts at sha, in many other jurs dictionary, the healt
for it, healthy san francisco will be here to help you. so, the timing of these transitions, in june of 2013, cover california identified the five plans that will be offered in san francisco which i named earlier, in october of 2013 as the supervisor indicated earlier, open enrollment begins for medi cal and covered california. in january of 2014, the sf paths program ends, the individual mandate begins and we transition 10 thousand people on that one day into medi cal. and then between january...
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and already is distorted outside of san francisco, because it's san francisco. now the order in the department for reasons of progress are distorted by me. because it's about time. why i am upsetting the apple horse before the cart, sometimes we need to affect for progress. it's said that progress is never achieved by contented people. i believe we can always be better. times such as these will require many leaders to lead folks to the change necessary to get to a better place. such as the leadership i will require of you. i have said more times that i want us to be the smartest police department in country. and how we are seen by the young people in the city. officers that can't how lucky we are in a position to help people. how lucky we are to put on a san francisco police officer uniform. it's for this reason that i want the kid that sees a san francisco cop for the first time. we owe them our best. with this in mind, all the people that are selected today are tomorrow's leader. one thing i like about leadership to have talent and character and ability to thi
and already is distorted outside of san francisco, because it's san francisco. now the order in the department for reasons of progress are distorted by me. because it's about time. why i am upsetting the apple horse before the cart, sometimes we need to affect for progress. it's said that progress is never achieved by contented people. i believe we can always be better. times such as these will require many leaders to lead folks to the change necessary to get to a better place. such as the...
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i came to san francisco not that long ago. they helped me to get myself together with shelters and all they do. i think the larkin street organization needs more funding to take care of the homeless youth in san francisco. it's growing alarmingly so i believe that those kids should get off the streets and become successful at their own lives >> thank you very much. next speaker please. hello representatives i'm dennis jones representing larkin street. i am a larkin street client and i'm in a program which is a c space for youth to live. and it helps we promote district and support steps by all. it's to be in that seat right there. yes. that seat right there (laughter) yes. i live in our district. so in ten years i might be up there. in 15 years i might sit right there and larkin provides a place for me to dream and the support i need to do those things and a thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please >> thank you very much for the opportunity to address this group. i'm perry. and let me change my glasses. i want t
i came to san francisco not that long ago. they helped me to get myself together with shelters and all they do. i think the larkin street organization needs more funding to take care of the homeless youth in san francisco. it's growing alarmingly so i believe that those kids should get off the streets and become successful at their own lives >> thank you very much. next speaker please. hello representatives i'm dennis jones representing larkin street. i am a larkin street client and i'm...
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san francisco chronicle and san francisco gate.com and san francisco mag magazine and beach pointed babylon and thank you to awful you who support the foundation, the general and this event we look forward to seeing many of you this evening at hearts after dark. ladies and gentlemen ... >> we love our parks, but we love... >> and the community who is really the core of it all, came together and said what we need is a place for our teenager to play, not just play grounds for the kids and soccer fields but we need a skate park that will keep the kids home in the neighborhood so they can play where they live. >> the children in the neighborhood and it will be a major boone. and we have generations, the youth generations that will be able to use this park in different places. >> the best park in san francisco right here. >> creating place where people can be active and lead, active, healthy life styles that are going to just stay with them for life. ♪
san francisco chronicle and san francisco gate.com and san francisco mag magazine and beach pointed babylon and thank you to awful you who support the foundation, the general and this event we look forward to seeing many of you this evening at hearts after dark. ladies and gentlemen ... >> we love our parks, but we love... >> and the community who is really the core of it all, came together and said what we need is a place for our teenager to play, not just play grounds for the kids...
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francisco, of all san francisco. and i think we've achieved that today. i want to take a quick moment to thank all those involved, starting off with my colleagues on the board of supervisors, to everyone. i think we had all 11 members there the night we signed our budget, late into the night. i want to in particular thank my budget and finance committee members as well that we serve together, and single out in particular john avalos, supervisor avalos for your leadership in this year's budget, supervisor avalos. (applause) >> who is real a great partnership working together. and i also want to thank so many people, but to quickly highlight what mayor lee mentioned and the people he mentioned ~. it's hard to -- you cannot overestimate how important so many people are in city hall to getting this budget done. it's a $7.9 billion budget. it's incredibly important and it matters to the residents of san francisco. and a few people in particular, first of all kate howard, the mayor's budget director. (applause) >> kate and
francisco, of all san francisco. and i think we've achieved that today. i want to take a quick moment to thank all those involved, starting off with my colleagues on the board of supervisors, to everyone. i think we had all 11 members there the night we signed our budget, late into the night. i want to in particular thank my budget and finance committee members as well that we serve together, and single out in particular john avalos, supervisor avalos for your leadership in this year's budget,...
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thank you for being here in san francisco. (applause) ... >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing peo
thank you for being here in san francisco. (applause) ... >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all...